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Game Freak x SEGA collaboration on the way?
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Davey Cakes
Member
I kinda like the idea of this collab.
TheSlySoul
Member
Pulseman reboot, yes?
Zekra Dezivad
Member
If they make a new RPG, but less childish, I'm pretty interested. They're a very good studio.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Of course they can, they're independent.
Infernal Monkey
Member
More pics from Videogamer
Man, Sonic got fat. And his penis looks weird.
Nintendo has no ownership of Gamefreak.
SerTapTap
Member
They made some mobile game once. Nintendo doesn't own gamefreak...just their only relevant current IP
Game Freak are an independent studio, not owned by Nintendo. They can do what they want. They developed Pulseman on the Mega Drive, for example.
Bingo.
Burgess_101
Member
Mobile most certainly with that art style.
Bill Rizer
Member
Looks like Toriyama artwork?
Hmm... thought it'd be related to that anime project teased last month, but it's taking place on March 21st.
kamikazekoala
Member
The Ottifants 2?
And so it begins...interested to see what they will work on. Would be funny seeing them develop a Pokemon clone for mobile systems lol.
I would not be surprised if it the information is leaked a few days earlier too.
Going by the art I was guessing an endless runner, but I could be wrong.
Ok, so just for fun, I'm going to do a Game Freak lesson here 
Game Freak are an independent studio. While they are known for Pokémon and for having close ties to Nintendo (developing Yoshi in 1991 and Mario & Wario in 1995), they are independent and have developed on Mega Drive, iOS and PS1. Pokémon is co-owned by Nintendo and will never be on non-Nintendo formats
Now, in Game Freak, they have two standard teams (though this may have changed as development needs have increased). One for the main Pokémon games that start a generation and one for remakes/enhanced versions. There's quite a bit of overlap between these teams.
Now, obviously they don't want to just do only Pokémon so a few years back they set up a system that allowed for their developers to pitch ideas and, if they've got worth, they can compile a small team and develop it. This is how James Turner's HarmoKnight came to be. Then Solitiba got developed through this and that team worked on the 3DS version at first, and then the iOS version.
This is likely to be another of their small ideas that have come to light. Game Freak's content is always top quality, HarmoKnight was massively fun and Solitiba is ridiculously addictive, so this should be good.
And Creatures Inc., too. They recently released a bizarre "game" featuring a llama on iOS called aDanza. It's inexplicable. https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/adanza/id890734545?mt=8
These studios have very close ties to Nintendo, but they can work on other formats if they do so wish, especially Game Freak.
Game Freak are an independent studio. While they are known for Pokémon and for having close ties to Nintendo (developing Yoshi in 1991 and Mario & Wario in 1995), they are independent and have developed on Mega Drive, iOS and PS1. Pokémon is co-owned by Nintendo and will never be on non-Nintendo formats
Now, in Game Freak, they have two standard teams (though this may have changed as development needs have increased). One for the main Pokémon games that start a generation and one for remakes/enhanced versions. There's quite a bit of overlap between these teams.
Now, obviously they don't want to just do only Pokémon so a few years back they set up a system that allowed for their developers to pitch ideas and, if they've got worth, they can compile a small team and develop it. This is how James Turner's HarmoKnight came to be. Then Solitiba got developed through this and that team worked on the 3DS version at first, and then the iOS version.
This is likely to be another of their small ideas that have come to light. Game Freak's content is always top quality, HarmoKnight was massively fun and Solitiba is ridiculously addictive, so this should be good.
And Creatures Inc., too. They recently released a bizarre "game" featuring a llama on iOS called aDanza. It's inexplicable. https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/adanza/id890734545?mt=8
These studios have very close ties to Nintendo, but they can work on other formats if they do so wish, especially Game Freak.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
If it's mobile, will buy.
HAL used to make games on lots of different platforms.
Gamefreak has made a game that was published by Sega before.
True, but they have much stronger ties with Nintendo.
HAL: current Nintendo president, Iwata, comes from there.
IS: they've always worked with Nintendo, and they even made some of the dev tools for Nintendo consoles.
Meanwhile, Game Freak is only tied to Nintendo via Pokémon (which almost didn't come on GameBoy at all).
Sugimori's style is very Toriyama-influenced, and that showed especially in the 90's when he used higher contrast in his colouring.
Oh shoot, I was assuming it was going to be 3DS game. Hmm I will wait and see before making any judgement.
In a parallel universe somewhere there exist a universe where Pokémon didn't get release on the game boy... I wonder what universe is like.
I am surprised that you didn't know this but Nintendo originally rejected the concept citing that they didn't understand the appeal of the game. Had Miyamoto not stepped in and convince them Pokémon would have not existed.